Comments on: Flash of Genius: The Story of Robert Kearns http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/ - Motion + Mobility Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patricia Conklin http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-17040 Patricia Conklin Mon, 03 May 2010 05:31:24 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-17040 To the family of Robert Kearns I think what your father did took an amazing amount of courage and a dedication to the rights we are supposed to have in this country and believe me I understand fully what he was up against, when you your adversaries have much more money and power tehn you and will stop at noting to shut you up and destroy you. I think you should be extremely proud of you father for standing up and speaking for what is right even though they pulled every dirty trick in the book with no regard or respect for anything but dead presidents (like they did ot have enough) they have to cheat to win BUT they did not win ..unfortunately at a great cost to your family but he did the right thing!! Patricia Marion Conklin To the family of Robert Kearns I think what your father did took an amazing amount of courage and a dedication to the rights we are supposed to have in this country and believe me I understand fully what he was up against, when you your adversaries have much more money and power tehn you and will stop at noting to shut you up and destroy you.
I think you should be extremely proud of you father for standing up and speaking for what is right even though they pulled every dirty trick in the book with no regard or respect for anything but dead presidents (like they did ot have enough) they have to cheat to win BUT they did not win ..unfortunately at a great cost to your family but he did the right thing!!
Patricia Marion Conklin

]]> By: Ivan Antony John http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-16962 Ivan Antony John Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:09:10 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-16962 Really a touching movie... The spirit of Kearns is a motivation for all involved in fight for Justice and recognition. Really, a well told story :) Really a touching movie…
The spirit of Kearns is a motivation for all involved in fight for Justice and recognition.

Really, a well told story :)

]]> By: sheila Sainson http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-10240 sheila Sainson Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:31:14 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-10240 I saw a Flash of Genius, last night for the first time. I was hoping that this move would have a happy ending for Robert Kearns. I was also glad that his oldest son finally understood what his father was fighting for justices. I to was going against a big corporation. I too feel like I was doing it only. Without the support of my spouse, but I give up!!!!!!! I m so ashame that I took the easy way out and did not stick up for what had happen. I admire you, Dennis for hold fast with your dad and your brothers and sister. I am sure you and your siblings was the reason that he did not give up. I hope that your family is at peace. Like the gentlemen said before big bussiness will rob and steal from the little men. I live in a state were big bussiness has be doing it for years. Delaware( Dupont Country) I saw a Flash of Genius, last night for the first time. I was hoping that this move would have a happy ending for Robert Kearns. I was also glad that his oldest son finally understood what his father was fighting for justices. I to was going against a big corporation. I too feel like I was doing it only. Without the support of my spouse, but I give up!!!!!!! I m so ashame that I took the easy way out and did not stick up for what had happen. I admire you, Dennis for hold fast with your dad and your brothers and sister. I am sure you and your siblings was the reason that he did not give up. I hope that your family is at peace. Like the gentlemen said before big bussiness will rob and steal from the little men. I live in a state were big bussiness has be doing it for years. Delaware( Dupont Country)

]]> By: Zakizamani Osman http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-9659 Zakizamani Osman Sun, 03 May 2009 19:49:52 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-9659 It is true that the story did not articulate the legal processes well. But i had a similar experience as Kearns did. We had to go up against a local corporation and was discouraged to take action against what we considered was injustice done to us. It didn't take as long as Kearn's case but I felt that I'm so much more of a wuss for accepting a settlement. We lost money despite. Not many of us have the conviction or strength to stand up for our own lives and that is one of the most obvious lesson we can learn here. Kearns understood the consequences and went all the way. It is hard when you're responsible not only for yourself, but for people you brought into your world. I wouldn't blame the wife as she too was entangled. Her scars needed change to heal and that change didn't involve Kearns anymore. If we are to think that, globally, we have evolved into this sustainable independent society that celebrates freedom and liberty, we are wrong. We are just living at the expense of somebody elses misery. We don't see them. We can change that by being more involved. Fuck the law! The law has to serve the masses not the privileged, if not, those underprivileged would have been born in vain. Truth prevails no matter what! We are living at the age that is paying for secrets and manipulation of yesterdays already. If corporation wants to be a fair entity, than they could have easily just look into covering the interest of all those involve. Being fair is hard to do, i know. But when the "being fair" option is blatantly disregarded, the truth comes and bites ya in the ass! Ford learned a lesson and I guess we could do too. The truth makes changes and changes hurt but when the hurt heals it benefits all involved. That is what the truth is all about. I wish the Kearns family all the best and that they stay proud of their dad and husband. Please use the money wisely and maybe into a corporation mankind can be proud of. It is true that the story did not articulate the legal processes well. But i had a similar experience as Kearns did. We had to go up against a local corporation and was discouraged to take action against what we considered was injustice done to us. It didn’t take as long as Kearn’s case but I felt that I’m so much more of a wuss for accepting a settlement. We lost money despite. Not many of us have the conviction or strength to stand up for our own lives and that is one of the most obvious lesson we can learn here.

Kearns understood the consequences and went all the way. It is hard when you’re responsible not only for yourself, but for people you brought into your world. I wouldn’t blame the wife as she too was entangled. Her scars needed change to heal and that change didn’t involve Kearns anymore.

If we are to think that, globally, we have evolved into this sustainable independent society that celebrates freedom and liberty, we are wrong. We are just living at the expense of somebody elses misery. We don’t see them. We can change that by being more involved. Fuck the law! The law has to serve the masses not the privileged, if not, those underprivileged would have been born in vain. Truth prevails no matter what! We are living at the age that is paying for secrets and manipulation of yesterdays already.

If corporation wants to be a fair entity, than they could have easily just look into covering the interest of all those involve. Being fair is hard to do, i know. But when the “being fair” option is blatantly disregarded, the truth comes and bites ya in the ass! Ford learned a lesson and I guess we could do too. The truth makes changes and changes hurt but when the hurt heals it benefits all involved. That is what the truth is all about.

I wish the Kearns family all the best and that they stay proud of their dad and husband. Please use the money wisely and maybe into a corporation mankind can be proud of.

]]> By: Kearns_fan http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-8941 Kearns_fan Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:09:13 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-8941 No need to twist the facts here or use some fancy legal jargon to downplay Kearns' "flash of genious" especially if you are going to take the automakers side anyway. This is so simple: Neither the idea of the intermittent wiper nor the technology to create it was original. Many different people, most of them working for the big auto corporations were already working on it. But it was an individual as eccentric and as obsessed as Kearns who perfected it first. And when he tried naturally to take credit from it, Ford gave him the shaft with Chrysler and the others soon following suit. It is inspiring that people like Robert Kearns exist and show the rest of us what it takes to really stand 100% behind your beliefs. Even if the he cost is losing your wife. Phyllis was a nice "babe" but turns out she was not a true "woman" after all (i.e. ...la...la..."stand by your man" ...la...la...). Kudos to his kids for standing by their father!!! No need to twist the facts here or use some fancy legal jargon to downplay Kearns’ “flash of genious” especially if you are going to take the automakers side anyway.

This is so simple: Neither the idea of the intermittent wiper nor the technology to create it was original. Many different people, most of them working for the big auto corporations were already working on it. But it was an individual as eccentric and as obsessed as Kearns who perfected it first. And when he tried naturally to take credit from it, Ford gave him the shaft with Chrysler and the others soon following suit.

It is inspiring that people like Robert Kearns exist and show the rest of us what it takes to really stand 100% behind your beliefs. Even if the he cost is losing your wife. Phyllis was a nice “babe” but turns out she was not a true “woman” after all (i.e. …la…la…”stand by your man” …la…la…). Kudos to his kids for standing by their father!!!

]]> By: Butch Deadlift http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-8707 Butch Deadlift Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:33:58 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-8707 Uh. Ford didn't invent the automobile, sparky. That'd be Mercedes-Benz. Uh. Ford didn’t invent the automobile, sparky. That’d be Mercedes-Benz.

]]> By: Mike http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-8696 Mike Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:45:08 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-8696 Ironic how the company who invented the automobile is reduced to stealing inventions of others, eh? Ford innocent of theft. Ha! If you spent just 5 minutes researching Ford's history you would clearly see Ford's ongoing abusive behavior of patent infringement of many inventors, and other companies, including even Toyota! The auto companies are as bad as the airlines, rich know-nothings, who never ran a business. These auto companies have been losing money forever, and they cant even make money stealing other peoples ideas. ha! Ironic how the company who invented the automobile is reduced to stealing inventions of others, eh? Ford innocent of theft. Ha! If you spent just 5 minutes researching Ford’s history you would clearly see Ford’s ongoing abusive behavior of patent infringement of many inventors, and other companies, including even Toyota! The auto companies are as bad as the airlines, rich know-nothings, who never ran a business. These auto companies have been losing money forever, and they cant even make money stealing other peoples ideas. ha!

]]> By: Annette http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-8542 Annette Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:26:18 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-8542 I'm just now watching the movie. It is painful to watch how these major corporations took advantage of Robert Kearns invention. Since those major corporations were so prominant in that era, it's understandable how they were able to use that to take advantage of the 'little man's' ideas. Since I am a mother of four children, it was difficult to watch what the family went through but I had so much admiration for Robert Kearns' fight for justice. I know it must have been difficult for the entire family. I commend Dennis for standing by his father. I’m just now watching the movie. It is painful to watch how these major corporations took advantage of Robert Kearns invention. Since those major corporations were so prominant in that era, it’s understandable how they were able to use that to take advantage of the ‘little man’s’ ideas.
Since I am a mother of four children, it was difficult to watch what the family went through but I had so much admiration for Robert Kearns’ fight for justice. I know it must have been difficult for the entire family.
I commend Dennis for standing by his father.

]]> By: Lance Perkins http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-8381 Lance Perkins Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:25:37 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-8381 Dennis, I'm so thankful for your father and his determination and the great sacrifices your family made. People can't accept being stepped on by giants and your dad has given them power, the little people, the inventors. Dennis, I’m so thankful for your father and his determination and the great sacrifices your family made. People can’t accept being stepped on by giants and your dad has given them power, the little people, the inventors.

]]> By: David Prokop http://www.ridelust.com/flash-of-genius-the-story-of-robert-kearns/#comment-5620 David Prokop Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:02:02 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=7774#comment-5620 I think the movie Flash of Genius doesn't do a great job of articulating Robert Kearns main motivation for his lawsuits. I don't think it was for the money or fame and I don't think it was to protect inventors rights, I believe his motivation was to build the Kearns Corporation with his kids. To supply the wiper motor to all the car makers. That's why he went to Ford (a family owned company), and why he wanted the car makers barred from making it. Kearns wanted to build a company and leave a growing company as a legacy to his 6 kids. I'm an inventor with 14 patents and my dream is the same for my kids. I think the movie Flash of Genius doesn’t do a great job of articulating Robert Kearns main motivation for his lawsuits. I don’t think it was for the money or fame and I don’t think it was to protect inventors rights, I believe his motivation was to build the Kearns Corporation with his kids. To supply the wiper motor to all the car makers. That’s why he went to Ford (a family owned company), and why he wanted the car makers barred from making it. Kearns wanted to build a company and leave a growing company as a legacy to his 6 kids. I’m an inventor with 14 patents and my dream is the same for my kids.

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